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Jackson: "this is a truly special charity and I’m humbled to be part of the team.”
Read More »Gina Jackson and Byron Atkinson-Jones join GamesAid as board trustees
Game for a Laugh: The road to stand-up – Pt.4
Indie developer Byron Atkinson-Jones is going on stage to tell jokes in the name of charity. This month, he gets some advice from fellow games industry member, Claire Sharkey
Read More »Game for a Laugh: The road to stand-up – Part 3
Indie developer Byron Atkinson-Jones is going on stage to tell jokes in the name of charity. This month, he gets some mentoring advice from fellow developer Brenda Romero
Read More »Game for a laugh: The Road to Stand-Up Pt.2
Indie developer Byron Atkinson-Jones is going on stage to tell jokes in the name of charity. This month, he gets some mentoring advice from Stand Up for GamesAid host, Imran Yusuf
Read More »Game for a laugh: The Road to Stand-Up Pt.1
Indie dev Byron Atkinson-Jones may have made a mistake. One errant thought now leadshim on a year-long journey towards his first charity stand-up performance. If only for the lols.
Read More »Tickets go on sale for StandUp for GamesAid
One of the year’s best charity nights is now under a month away. StandUp for GamesAid returns to London’s The Comedy Store on May 8th, and you can grab your tickets right now on the club’s website. This is the fifth year the event has now run. The night will …
Read More »GamesAid raises £954,000 for ten UK charities
UK games industry charity GamesAid has managed to raise a massive 954,000 in the last year, smashing its previous funding record. Last night (Thursday, September 15th), the organisation handed out cheques of 95,400 to ten different UK organisations – more than GamesAid has ever before. Those receiving donations from GamesAid …
Read More »GamesAid voting: Meet the charities
The UK games industry charity GamesAid is about to reveal the amount of money it has raised for good causes across the UK. The industry has put forward 19 charities, and now it’s up to you to vote for which ones will receive financial support. You need to be a …
Read More »You can now register for GamesAid’s Poker Tournament
60 places are now available to take part in the annual GamesAid Poker Tournament at Develop. The game is Texas Hold ‘Em No Limit with a 50 buy-in and, to participate, you can register on the tournament’s Just Giving page. The event will take place next Tuesday (July 12th) in …
Read More »Payne, Livingstone and Yusuf named GamesAid patrons
Andy Payne, Ian Livingstone and Imran Yusuf are the first three patrons of GamesAid. The trio were voted in by the trustees and will represent the games industry charity within the games community. When we set up GamesAid back in 2007, we never realised it would raise over 2m to …
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